What began as a warm, witty and whimsical comedy-drama lost the plot with the clunky introduction of a long-lost lovechild. After that, its clutch of lovable characters never quite found their feet again

From Rock Against Racism to Bob Dylan, there’s a pervading sense that pop is the voice of the dispossessed. And yet Madge’s shoutout to Maggie is just the latest chapter in a history of conservatism that takes in Morrissey and Ian Curtis